title: Anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries {S, D, L} with left juxtaposition of the atrial appendages in DORV: influence on surgical approach.
abstract: The case of an infant with double outlet right ventricle with anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries, bilateral infundibulum, and an echocardiographically routable ventricular septal defect (VSD) is presented. After numerous efforts to visualize the margins of the VSD, the best surgical exposure of the VSD was through the aorta. We believe this to be the first report of this phenomenon, which results from the left-sided position of the aorta and the presence of left juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.
authors.affiliation: Fortis Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi, India. n_awasthy@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Neeraj
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Awasthy
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
mesh_terms: D020517:Atrial Appendage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: DORV; anatomically corrected malposition of the great arteries juxtaposition of atrial appendage